I have a second identical hard drive (hitachi SATA I 160GB) that I want to add into my existing system, but I'm wondering if it is possible to set up a RAID array (1 or 0) without erasing my current drive.
If not, is anyone aware of a software program that allows you to backup an image to an external USB drive and then restore it to an array? Norton Ghost doesn't seem to work because it doesn't reconize RAID arrays properly (the latest version i've used, 9.0 I think, would see the 2 drives seperately). Also, I don't think my motherboard allows a USB external drive to be accessed in from a bootable floppy or cd.
So basically, if anyone can tell me how to set up this array with the least hassle maintaining my data, I'd appreciate it because I haven't had much luck finding info searching on google.
If not, is anyone aware of a software program that allows you to backup an image to an external USB drive and then restore it to an array? Norton Ghost doesn't seem to work because it doesn't reconize RAID arrays properly (the latest version i've used, 9.0 I think, would see the 2 drives seperately). Also, I don't think my motherboard allows a USB external drive to be accessed in from a bootable floppy or cd.
So basically, if anyone can tell me how to set up this array with the least hassle maintaining my data, I'd appreciate it because I haven't had much luck finding info searching on google.
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